Chinese balloon did not collect intelligence while flying over U.S., Pentagon says ( www.axios.com )
Gov. Laura Kelly Issued a Directive Allowing Kansans To Continue Changing Gender On Documents Despite Repressive Law. ( www.kmuw.org )
Gov. Laura Kelly issued a directive that allows agencies under her control to defy a legal opinion issued earlier this week by Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach, telling them to follow their lawyers’ narrower view of the law. Kobach has told reporters that if Kelly's administration did not follow his opinion, he...
How Spain went woke — and why that may not last ( www.politico.eu )
Macron calls crisis talks after another night of violence across France, with more than 600 arrested ( www.politico.eu )
In pictures: France burns ( www.politico.eu )
Poland and Hungary hijack EU summit with anti-migration demands ( www.euronews.com )
The Atom Feed Format Was Born 20 Years Ago ( www.rssboard.org )
France sees third night of violence amid protests over fatal police shooting of teen ( www.france24.com )
Things got very out of hand last night. Tonight will likely be worse....
Baseball-Sized Hail Smashing Into Panels At 150 MPH Destroys Scottsbluff Solar Farm ( cowboystatedaily.com )
US actively considering giving cluster munitions to Ukraine ( www.politico.com )
Breaking: Supreme Court Shoots Down Affirmative Action. ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Affirmative Action has now ended in the United States.
India court rejects Twitter’s lawsuit against gov’t challenging block orders ( techcrunch.com )
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/371096...
New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first ( www.standard.co.uk )
Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it ( arstechnica.com )
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/317922...
Google will pull news links in Canada in response to new law ( www.engadget.com )
How Africans are bridging the language digital divide ( globalvoices.org )
Main points of how they're moving forward on these issues....
Russia navy deploys unusual ship camouflage in Ukraine invasion (video) ( www.youtube.com )
As someone interested in military history, the reintroduction of naval camouflage is a very notable development....
Man who pulled out of the Titan sub trip with his son said Stockton Rush flew to convince them on an experimental plane he built himself ( www.insider.com )
Tear gas, damaged buildings, and a curfew: Protests rage in France over police shooting ( www.sbs.com.au )
Why do so many Black women die in pregnancy? One reason: Doctors don't take them seriously ( apnews.com )
The nation’s health disparities have had a tragic impact: Over the past two decades, the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.6 million excess deaths compared to white Americans. That higher mortality rate resulted in a cumulative loss of more than 80 million years of life due to people dying young and...
France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting ( apnews.com )
Based on an initial investigation, Prache said, he concluded that "the conditions for the legal use of the weapon were not met.”...